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19th Trust House Classic (Tour of Wellington) - 2.2
New Zealand, January 25-29, 2006
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Stage 5 - January 28: Masterton Circuit, 125.3 km
Roulston fires in the heat
By Nick Warren in Masterton
In sweltering temperatures, Subway's team leader Hayden Roulston won stage five of the Tour of Wellington, snatching the yellow jersey from fellow Kiwi Tim Gudsell.
Roulston started the day in third place, 33 seconds behind Gudsell, but obviously confident it was his race for the taking. His manager asked the lead service van to look after a couple of bottles as "Vennell (Roulston's Subway team-mate, Jeremy) and Roly will be up the road."
Early action once again involved Duncan Urquhart (Scottish National Team) who found himself in the first serious break of the day, going clear after 20km. Urquhart, leader of the King of the Mountains competition after spending two previous days in small breakaways, was after more points to seal his polka dot jersey. Second over the first categorised climb gave him an unassailable 16-point lead with just one climb of the Tour remaining.
The break was doomed to failure however, as Subway rider Hayden Godfrey refused
to work on the front, and after 75km they were swallowed up by a new 19-strong
group, which included all the major players and had
gone clear of the peloton.
With just 20km remaining, Subway hit the front, and with Vennell setting the pace on the penultimate climb, the vicious Kureaw Hill, Gudsell was in trouble and briefly dropped before his Samsung team-mates Peter Latham and Logan Hutchins towed him back on the descent.
Hitting the base of the twisting 9km ascent up Admiral Hill to the finish of the 125km stage, Vennell again went to the front, setting a pace almost as scorching as the 35 degree temperatures. Roulston was sitting tight on his wheel and Gudsell again began to struggle. With 5km remaining he had lost touch along with most of the lead group.
Tasmanian Josh Wilson (Infinity Solutions) found the legs to pass the Subway duo, gaining a few seconds lead before Vennell towed Roulston up to him. As planned, Vennell and Roulston were "up the road", Gudsell with no option but to try and limit his losses.
The hilltop in sight and just 200m remaining, Wilson tried his luck but Roulston quickly reacted and sprinted clear, finishing with two clear lengths to spare. Vennell came in third.
Gudsell was a further 58 seconds behind, but it was enough to lose him the yellow jersey to Roulston. "It all went to plan perfectly," said Roulston. "All hats off to Jeremy, he rode an awesome race. The hill was pretty hard, but it suited me as a larger rider and I had a good team-mate to pace me up the climb," he continued.
"I believe I have the strongest team in the race and that it's crucial to be confident in your team," said Roulston. Vennell continued the Subway-fest: "I'm really enjoying riding for this team and it's a privilege to work for such a talented rider like Hayden. The team has so much talent."
Gudsell was philosophical about losing his overall lead. "It's disappointing to lose the yellow, but that's the way tour riding goes I guess," he said. "The hill was super tough and I struggled in the heat. I was going through heaps of water bottles."
"But Hayden is a classy bike rider and a guy I have lots of respect for."
Second-placed Wilson said he had targeted the stage: "I was always going to try and get this one, and I had fresh legs on the climb so I tried to ramp it up but Roulston was too strong in the sprint."
Tomorrow's final day features a 12km morning time trial around Wellington's Scorching Bay and an afternoon criterium in Petone.
Results
1 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Team Subway 3.14.35 2 Josh Wilson (Aus) Infinity Solutions 3 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Team Subway 0.21 4 Evan Oliphant (GBr) UKNZjobs.com Scotland National Team 0.51 5 Rob MacLachlan (Aus) Trust House Team 6 Alex Coutts (GBr) UKNZjobs.com Scotland National Team 0.56 7 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Infinity Solutions 1.00 8 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com - AIS 1.05 9 Tim Gudsell (NZl) Samsung New Zealand Team 1.16 10 Michael Frankovich (NZl) Mercedes Benz - Wellington Star 1.20 11 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Samsung New Zealand Team 2.10 12 Peter Latham (NZl) Samsung New Zealand Team 2.15 13 Miles Olman (Aus) SouthAustralia.com - AIS 2.44 14 Graeme Stone (NZl) R+R 4.25 14 Edwin Crossling (NZl) Tait Communications 16 Cameron Holt (NZl) Mercedes Benz - Wellington Star 5.20 17 Michael Torkler (NZl) Mercedes Benz - Wellington Star 5.23 17 Mitch Chapman (Aus) EMC2 Bikes 19 Darren Lapthorn (Aus) Trust House Team 5.35 20 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) UKNZjobs.com Scotland National Team 6.38 21 Dylan Cooper (Aus) Trust House Team 8.04 22 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Trust House Team 8.21 23 Will Alexander (NZl) Pravda 9.23 24 Peter Dawson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com - AIS 9.24 25 Justin Kerr (NZl) Penny Cycles 11.03 26 Ross Mackintosh (NZl) Handy Rentals 11.50 27 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com - AIS 11.52 28 Geoff Burndred (NZl) Penny Cycles 12.27 29 Matt Sillars (NZl) Infinity Solutions 13.02 30 Sam Horn (NZl) Tait Communications 13.19 31 Dion Neems (NZl) Cytosport 13.23 32 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Samsung New Zealand Team 13.56 33 Josh Brannigan (NZl) BP NZ 15.03 34 Paul Odlin (NZl) Handy Rentals 15.16 35 Michael Cupitt (Aus) Trust House Team 15.57 35 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Trust House Team 35 Dean Windsor (Aus) Mercedes Benz - Wellington Star 35 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Subway 39 Laurent Beuret (Swi) EMC2 Bikes 18.05 40 Matthew Gilbert (NZl) EMC2 Bikes 18.26 41 Gareth Montgomer (GBr) UKNZjobs.com Scotland National Team 19.39 41 Marc Ryan (NZl) Samsung New Zealand Team 41 Brady Gibbons (NZl) R+R 41 Sean Finning (Aus) SouthAustralia.com - AIS 41 Stephen Wooldridge (Aus) SouthAustralia.com - AIS 41 Paul Sumich (NZl) Cytosport 41 Blair Brydon (NZl) Cytosport 41 Blair Sutherland (NZl) Cytosport 41 Aaron Wheeler (NZl) Cytosport 41 Joseph Crooks (NZl) Pravda 41 Mark Jamieson (Aus) Pravda 41 Don Oakley (NZl) Handy Rentals 41 Matthew Gorter (NZl) Penny Cycles 41 Chris Van Houtte (NZl) Penny Cycles 41 Dan Warren (NZl) BP NZ 41 Scott Wilder (NZl) BP NZ 41 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Team Subway 41 Sam Bewley (NZl) Team Subway 41 Michael Northey (NZl) Team Subway 41 Andrew Thompson (NZl) EMC2 Bikes 41 Ross Steward (NZl) EMC2 Bikes 62 Dan Waluszews (NZl) Infinity Solutions 19.54 63 Benjamin Mackinnon (NZl) Infinity Solutions 19.57 64 Courtney Black (NZl) Handy Rentals 20.48 65 Adam Coker (NZl) Tait Communications 21.37 66 Jason Allen (NZl) Samsung New Zealand Team 22.25 67 Darrin Strahan (NZl) Pravda 22.29 68 Justin Ralph (NZl) Penny Cycles 22.36 69 James Mccallum (GBr) UKNZjobs.com Scotland National Team 25.04 70 Saul Webb (NZl) BP NZ 26.54 71 Patrick Frutschi (Swi) EMC2 Bikes 27.13 72 Stephen Stannard (NZl) Mercedes Benz - Wellington Star 30.15 General classification after stage 5 1 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Team Subway 12.02.54 2 Evan Oliphant (GBr) UKNZjobs.com Scotland National Team 0.51 3 Tim Gudsell (NZl) Samsung New Zealand Team 0.53 4 Rob MacLachlan (Aus) Trust House Team 1.05 5 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com - AIS 2.28 6 Josh Wilson (Aus) Infinity Solutions 2.29 7 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Team Subway 2.52 8 Alex Coutts (GBr) UKNZjobs.com Scotland National Team 3.31 9 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Infinity Solutions 3.35 10 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Samsung New Zealand Team 3.39 11 Miles Olman (Aus) SouthAustralia.com - AIS 4.25 12 Peter Latham (NZl) Samsung New Zealand Team 4.50 13 Darren Lapthorn (Aus) Trust House Team 6.17 14 Michael Frankovich (NZl) Mercedes Benz - Wellington Star 6.33 15 Graeme Stone (NZl) R+R 7.00 15 Edwin Crossling (NZl) Tait Communications 17 Michael Torkler (NZl) Mercedes Benz - Wellington Star 7.58 17 Mitch Chapman (Aus) EMC2 Bikes 19 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Trust House Team 8.59 20 Cameron Holt (NZl) Mercedes Benz - Wellington Star 9.22 21 Peter Dawson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com - AIS 9.40 22 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) UKNZjobs.com Scotland National Team 10.57 23 Dylan Cooper (Aus) Trust House Team 11.43 24 Will Alexander (NZl) Pravda 11.58 25 Justin Kerr (NZl) Penny Cycles 13.38 26 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Samsung New Zealand Team 14.12 27 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com - AIS 14.27 28 Geoff Burndred (NZl) Penny Cycles 15.02 29 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Subway 16.18 30 Dean Windsor (Aus) Mercedes Benz - Wellington Star 17.22 31 Paul Odlin (NZl) Handy Rentals 17.51 32 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Trust House Team 18.32 32 Michael Cupitt (Aus) Trust House Team 34 Matt Sillars (NZl) Infinity Solutions 18.49 35 Josh Brannigan (NZl) BP NZ 21.12 36 Sam Bewley (NZl) Team Subway 21.21 37 Matthew Gilbert (NZl) EMC2 Bikes 22.12 38 Stephen Wooldridge (Aus) SouthAustralia.com - AIS 22.14 38 Dan Warren (NZl) BP NZ 38 Michael Northey (NZl) Team Subway 38 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Team Subway 42 Dion Neems (NZl) Cytosport 22.36 43 Ross Mackintosh (NZl) Handy Rentals 22.43 44 Aaron Wheeler (NZl) Cytosport 22.56 45 Marc Ryan (NZl) Samsung New Zealand Team 24.20 46 Adam Coker (NZl) Tait Communications 24.50 47 Matthew Gorter (NZl) Penny Cycles 24.52 47 Scott Wilder (NZl) BP NZ 47 Don Oakley (NZl) Handy Rentals 50 Darrin Strahan (NZl) Pravda 25.04 51 Dan Waluszews (NZl) Infinity Solutions 25.07 52 Mark Jamieson (Aus) Pravda 25.09 53 Ross Steward (NZl) EMC2 Bikes 25.43 54 Gareth Montgomer (GBr) UKNZjobs.com Scotland National Team 26.06 55 Justin Ralph (NZl) Penny Cycles 26.16 56 Brady Gibbons (NZl) R+R 27.14 57 Jason Allen (NZl) Samsung New Zealand Team 28.00 58 Blair Brydon (NZl) Cytosport 28.52 58 Blair Sutherland (NZl) Cytosport 60 Courtney Black (NZl) Handy Rentals 30.07 61 Joseph Crooks (NZl) Pravda 30.32 61 Paul Sumich (NZl) Cytosport 63 James Mccallum (GBr) UKNZjobs.com Scotland National Team 30.41 64 Benjamin Mackinnon (NZl) Infinity Solutions 30.50 65 Chris Van Houtte (NZl) Penny Cycles 31.03 66 Andrew Thompson (NZl) EMC2 Bikes 31.15 67 Saul Webb (NZl) BP NZ 32.41 68 Stephen Stannard (NZl) Mercedes Benz - Wellington Star 32.50 69 Patrick Frutschi (Swi) EMC2 Bikes 33.51 70 Laurent Beuret (Swi) EMC2 Bikes 39.06 71 Sean Finning (Aus) SouthAustralia.com - AIS 53.33 72 Sam Horn (NZl) Tait Communications 54.05 Mountains classification 1 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) UKNZjobs.com Scotland National Team 22 pts 2 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Team Subway 10 3 Josh Wilson (Aus) Infinity Solutions 8 4 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Team Subway 6 5 Peter Latham (NZl) Samsung New Zealand Team 6 6 Evan Oliphant (GBr) UKNZjobs.com Scotland National Team 4 7 Peter Dawson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com - AIS 4 8 Sean Finning (Aus) SouthAustralia.com - AIS 4 9 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Trust House Team 4 10 Rob MacLachlan (Aus) Trust House Team 2 11 Geoff Burndred (NZl) Penny Cycles 2 12 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Subway 2 13 Jason Allen (NZl) Samsung New Zealand Team 2 14 Darren Lapthorn (Aus) Trust House Team 2 Sprints classification 1 Sam Bewley (NZl) Team Subway 12 pts 2 Dean Windsor (Aus) Mercedes Benz - Wellington Star 12 3 Tim Gudsell (NZl) Samsung New Zealand Team 11 4 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com - AIS 9 5 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) UKNZjobs.com Scotland National Team 4 6 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Team Subway 4 7 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Team Subway 3 8 Miles Olman (Aus) SouthAustralia.com - AIS 3 9 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Trust House Team 3 10 Marc Ryan (NZl) Samsung New Zealand Team 3 11 Sean Finning (Aus) SouthAustralia.com - AIS 2 12 Evan Oliphant (GBr) UKNZjobs.com Scotland National Team 2 13 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Team Subway 2 14 Darren Lapthorn (Aus) Trust House Team 2 15 Peter Latham (NZl) Samsung New Zealand Team 2 16 Geoff Burndred (NZl) Penny Cycles 1 17 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Samsung New Zealand Team 1 18 Jason Allen (NZl) Samsung New Zealand Team 1 19 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Subway 1 Teams classification 1 Samsung New Zealand Team 36.15.57 2 UKNZjobs.com Scotland National Team 7.47 3 Trust House Team 8.57 4 SouthAustralia.com - AIS 9.24 5 Team Subway 10.48 6 Mercedes Benz - Wellington Star 11.27 7 Infinity Solutions 17.10 8 Penny Cycles 43.39 9 EMC2 Bikes 44.46 10 Pravda 52.06 11 Handy Rentals 56.37 12 BP NZ 1.00.00 13 Cytosport 1.07.09 14 Tait Communications 1.18.40
